Improvement in oil-cans



UNTTED STATES PATENT @Tricia ISAAC VAN HAGEN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-CANS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it `known that I, ISAAC VAN HAGEN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Oil-Cans for Oiling Machinery; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation. a cross-sectional view of the spout.

The oil-can to which my devices are particularly advantageous are Vthose with very long spouts, such as are used on locomotives, and for like purposes where long spouts are indispensable; but my device can also be applied to shorter spouts. I have found by practical experiment that if a long spout is used, and it is stopped by a Valve at its lower end, or that next the can, the bore must be verysmall or the spout will drip oil after it is stopped, and it is therefore important that the tube should be of the smallest practicable size; but it will be noticed that so long a tube would soon be bent and spoiled in the rough usage to which it is submitted if made so slim as is absolutely necessary not to waste oil. To avoid this I envelop the small tube in a larger one, of conical form, sufficiently broad at the base next the can to resist the rough usage to which it must be submitted, and this envelope is permanently affixed at the base and at its apex, where it connects with the small tube.

Fig. 2 is This forms a light and iirm structure for the purpose intended. Again, it is important, too, that the tube should at alltimes be open, except when it is necessary to stop the iiow of oil through it, for if this is not the case the small tube is liable to become clogged by the oil chilling in it in cold weather, and in warm, if the oil remains long in the tube, it becomes viscid and corrodes and stops the ilow through the tube, which on such occasions it is very difficult to clean, if not impossible. The further advantages of my can I will-name in the description of its construction.

The construction is as follows: I form a can, A, of any pattern, onto which the spout B screws. This spout B, made of tin, copper, or other suit-able metal, is composed of two parts, the inner'one, b, being a small tube, of equal diameter, or nearly so, affixed at its lower end to the screw a, by which it is attached to the can. Ahole is made through the screw a into the tube the size of the bore thereof, and a conical valve-seat is therein formed, as clearly shown in the drawings. Around the tube bis a conical tube, which envelops and surrounds the tubeb, extending nearly out to its end, where it is iirmly united to the inside tube, b. Its base is fastened to the rim of the screw a, which is a little larger than said base. In this way I secure great strength and light ness and protection against blows and other injuries. A valve, C, is placed within the body of the can, which will stop the lower openin g of the tube b by tting into the valveseat. This valve C has its stem loosely jointed to the end of a lever, C', the position of which is at right angles with the stem, as clearly represented in the drawings. The fulcrum of. this lever is at 00, supported by an attachment to the inside of the can. The other end of the lever is affixed to a short piston-rod, f, which projects up through a hole made therefor in the top of the can to a l'ittle distance above the handle, passing in its way through a little chamber, in which there is a spiral spring that holds the rod f. Upon the top of the rod there is a button or thu mb-piece, e, and a hole is made down through the button and rod, which serves as au air-holo or ventilator to the can, which is covered and stopped when the thumb is pressed upon it, to actuate the valve C and stop-tube b. It will be noted that the valve C is loose, so that rit will adjust itself to the valve seat whether it remains straight, as in the drawings, or gets bent out of line by hard usage, so that its action is as perfeet even after the can is somewhat damaged by wear at all times. Vhen the valve is stopped, the can is relieved of the pressure of the atmosphere by closing the air-hole of the thumbpiece if the can is otherwise tight.

The operation is as follows: When the can is turned so as to discharge the oil through its spout, the flow can be instantly checked and entirely stopped by bearing upon the thumbpiece, which iirst stops the ilow of air into the can, and then closes the valve. When the can 2 Y moet is turned up and Athe thumb removed, the Ventilator thumb piece e, constructed, ar vulve falls and the oil in the tube runs back into the can, and the tube is kept clear in all temperatures and when out of use for any time. Vhut I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s-

The double tube B b, the loose valve C, and

ranged, und combined in the manner md for the purposes set forth.

' ISAAC VAN HAGEN.

Vtnesses: v L

JONATHAN RICHARDSON, ANDREW B. FALES.

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